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Zoltan Almasi, born Aug 29, 1976, was a Hungarian Grandmaster (1993) at the age of 17. He has won the Hungarian championship six times. In 2000 he was ranked #23 in the world. In 1993, he won the World Junior Championsh...
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The Amar Opening (also known as Paris Opening, Drunken Knight Opening, or Ammonia Opening) is a chess opening defined by the move:
1. Nh3This opening is sometimes known as the Ammonia Opening, since NH3 is the chemical formula for ammon...
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The first mention of chess in America occurred in 1641 in Esther Singleton's history of Dutch settlers. Lewis Rau, a Huguenot minister, produced the first unpublished chess manuscript in 1733. In 1786 Benjamin Franklin issued the f...
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The American Chess Association (ACA) was the first national sports organization formed in the United States. It was formed at the first American Chess Congress in New York on October 6, 1857. Judge Meek was its first President. ...
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The first American Chess Congress, organized by Daniel Fiske and held in New York, was won by Paul Morphy in 1857. The top 16 American players were invited (Allison, Calthrop, Fiske, Fuller, Kennicott, Knott, Lichtenhein, Marache, Mead, Meek, Morp...
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Forerunner of the US Chess Federation (USCF). In 1935, the Western Chess Association, founded in 1900, became known as the American Chess Federation (ACF). Arpad Elo was its first President and Kirk Holland was its Vice President.&nbsp...
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Formed in 1955, and leading philanthropic organization in U.S. chess. Its original members were Alexander Bisno, Jacques Coe, Walter Fried, Morris Kasper, Rosser Reeves, Lessing Rosenwald, and Cecile Wertheim. It changed its named to C...
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Claudia Noemi Amura, born Sep 26, 1970, is a Woman Grandmaster from Argentina. She is the first Latin American woman to earn the male International Master title. Her current Elo rating is 2344. Her peak Elo rating is 2372.&n...
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Viswanathan (Vishy) Anand, born on Dec 11, 1969, is India's first Grandmaster (1988, at the age of 18) who won the World Junior Championship in 1987. In 1983, he won the National Sub-Junior Chess Championship with a perfec...
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